Ekthesis

Concept, Direction & Music Design: Christina Gyftaki
Performers: Christina Gyftaki, Lazaros Lazaridis, Mary Lioliou, Vaso Mamali, Lila Pantelidou, Evangelia Chatzigianni
Original Music for Video performance “Dicipline Love”: “Sirens Call-Urban Mix” by Lina Palera
Filming: Elias Avramidis, Stratis Argyrakis
Text: Mary Lioliou, Lila Pantelidou

Ekthesis is a multi-meaning word. It refers to both exhibition and exposition; a showroom or a fair; an essay, a report or a show. Our Ekthesis is a solo body art performance with mixed performative media. Activating the performative dimensions of the ritual and through the invocation of social conventions and modern facts, the entire Ekthesis “exposes” issues from the painful reality such as overconsumption, domestic violence and social construction. At the same time simultaneously commenting on cultural marginalization, masculinity and stupidity. It centres on highlighting indifference, empathy, and behavioral attachment and dependence on technology. Ekthesis is referring to the possibility of self-reflection; we are simultaneously subjects and objects of the observation.

The art performance Ekthesis was presented at the 12th Acciones al Margen Performance Festival in Colombia on July 13, 2024 at the 6th International Performance Art in Drama, September 27-29, 2024 and at 2nd Maas Festival in Lahore, Pakistan, on October 13th, 2025 .